Returning to the scene of their first encounter at Kate's Kitchen on Haight Street, "Orange Is the New Black" author Piper Kerman and husband Larry Smith shared a plate of bacon cheddar pancakes and talked about watching their lives unfold on the hit Netflix show of the same name, about a Smith College grad who serves 15 months in federal prison for transporting an ex-girlfriend's bag of international drug cartel cash.

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